14 Happy Birthday Alternative | 10 Happy Anniversary Alternatives

Happy Birthday And Happy Anniversary Alternatives 24 Different Ways To Wish  People Happy Birthday And Happy Anniversary - Advance English Alternatives Phrases!

Alternatives For Happy Birthday’ And 'Happy Anniversary If you want to learn better and advanced alternatives for anniversaries and birthdays I am going to teach you better alternative ways of wishing people happy birthdays, and happy anniversaries. also with examples

24 Advance Happy Birthday Alternative’ And ' Happy Anniversary Alternatives

• Happy Birthday Alternatives

1.  HB (This is a playful abbreviation for text messages)

2. Many happy returns of the day!

3. Have a great one

4. On your birthday, on your special day. / I wish you the best on your special day

5. Wishing you a day that is as special as you are

6. Wishing you many more candles to blow!

7. Happy 21st!

8. May your day be filled with laughter and presents!

9. Happy beer day!

10. Hmmm, didn't we celebrate this just a year ago?

11. Congratulations, you survived another trip around the sun!

12.  Happy womb eviction day!

13. You're aging like a fine wine!

14.  Don't count the candles, just enjoy the glow!

• Happy Anniversary Alternatives (To Another Couple)

1. Wishing a perfect pair a perfect day together!

2. Here's to another year of being great together!

3. Another year, another reason to celebrate!

4. I always knew you two had something special!

5. Love and cheer to one of our favorite couples!

• Happy Anniversary Alternatives (To Your partner)

1. I love you more and more every year!

2. Thanks for putting up with me for another year!

3. Here's to five years and 5 million memories!

4. I can't believe it's been 20 years already!

5. Happy ???? anniversary 

Happy ruby anniversary / Happy gold anniversary / Happy paper anniversary

• Anniversary Names We have Names For Each Anniversary

1st anniversary — Paper

2nd anniversary — Cotton

3rd anniversary — Leather

4th anniversary — Linen

5th anniversary — Wood

6th anniversary — Iron

7th anniversary — Wool

8th anniversary — Bronze

9th anniversary — Copper

10th anniversary — Tin

20th anniversary — Platinum

25th anniversary — Silver

30th anniversary — Pearl

40th anniversary — Ruby

50th anniversary — Gold

60th anniversary — Diamond

Today, I am going to teach you better alternative ways of wishing people happy birthdays, and happy anniversaries. To further improve your learning experience,

Happy Birthday Alternatives With Example

Let's start with a happy birthday. Okay, this is a very common phrase, and we tend to repeat the same thing over and over again. But today, I'm going to show you 14 interesting, witty, and funny ways of wishing somebody a happy birthday.

Now the first one is mainly used jokingly, via text message. Sometimes if we want to wish somebody a happy birthday, but we don't want to act like we're putting in too much effort, we just say HB. HB, and everybody knows what it means. In these big WhatsApp groups, we have now, it's very common in the UK to just have a page full of HB. It's quite funny. Some people consider it rude, but I think as long as the receiver knows that you're joking, it's nice. We have 

number two, which is commonly found inside birthday cards. It is many happy returns. Many happy returns. Now, when I was a child, I never understood this phrase when I saw it on birthday cards. But it means many happy returns of the day. As in, I hope you have many more birthdays. I hope you live a long life. So many happy returns is a very nice one. It's slightly more formal. 

Number three has a great one. Have a great one. This one is very informal. Sometimes we use the word one in place of something that is already known to the listener. Have a great one, they know that I'm talking about their birthday. Have a great day, have a great birthday, have a great one. 

In number four, we have an alternative phrase for birthday. It is a special day. On your birthday, on your special day. You more or less know that if it's somebody's special day, it's their birthday. Unless it's their wedding or another celebration like that. So you could say, I wish you the best on your special day. 

Number five is slightly fancier. It is wishing you a day that is as special as you are. So fancy. Wishing you a day that is as special as you are. Now it should be, I am wishing, or we are wishing, but sometimes we just shorten it down to wishing you were here, I am wishing you were here, wishing you a great day. We're wishing you a great day.

Number six Another alternative, wishing you many more candles to blow. When we have a birthday, we blow out a certain number of candles on our cake. So we're implying that we hope the person lives for a long time. This tends to be a theme. A really nice alternative way of just saying happy birthday. So much more interesting, wishing you many more candles to blow. 

Number seven is a funny one. It is a happy 21st. Happy 21st birthday. Now, why do we use 21st in particular? If somebody is quite a lot older than 21, often we'll say, happy 21st, pretending that we don't think they look any older than 21 years old. I wonder if you have this in your own language, and if it's the same number, 21, or if it's a different number. Is there a dream age at which everyone wants to remain? 

Number eight is a really nice one. May your day be filled with laughter and presents. Obviously the most important thing about birthdays, apart from the cake, presents. I get so excited about giving and receiving presents.

Number nine, this is something that you can say to people who really like beer. Happy beer day, happy beer day! 'Cause, a birthday is a fantastic excuse to drink far more beer than usual. 

Number 10 is a funny one. It is, hmm, didn't we celebrate this just a year ago? Terrible! I love it though. I really like 

number 11, it is, congratulations, you survived another trip around the sun. 'Cause, obviously we go round the sun every 365 days. I don't think I need to explain that to you, I think I'm underestimating your intelligence. But now you know what it means. 

Number 12 is possibly my favorite. In fact, it is my favorite. It is happy womb eviction day. So obviously, the womb is where you lived before you were born, and you were evicted on your birthday.  

Number 13 is a lovely compliment. It's a nice way of telling somebody that they are older. You have to say, you're aging like a fine wine. 'Cause, obviously fine wines get better with age. So if you're aging like a fine wine, you're aging beautifully, you're getting better with age. 

Number 14 And let's end this section on a really cute one. It is, don't count the candles, just enjoy the glow. I really like that. Don't worry about how old you are, just enjoy the celebration. 

Happy Anniversary Alternatives (To Another Couple) With Examples

Right, let's move on to wishing people a happy anniversary. I've split this into two sections. The first is wishing a happy anniversary to another couple. And the second section is wishing a happy anniversary to your partner. So much more romantic in the second section.

Number one, the first one that you'll wish another couple is, wishing a perfect pair a perfect day together. If two people are a perfect pair, it means they were made for each other, they are perfect together.

Number two is a lovely one. It can be said as a toast, cheers. You can also say it to your romantic partner. It is here's to another year of being great together. Of you two being great together.

Number three is another year, another reason to celebrate. I've explained this a lot on my vlogging channel, but my family likes to celebrate anything, anything. On Valentine's day, my mother decorates the house and makes heart-shaped biscuits. On Halloween, we had cobwebs all over the house, and she dressed up as a witch, normally. So we love reasons to celebrate, and an anniversary is definitely a reason to celebrate. Another year, another reason to celebrate.

Number four is so, so cute. It's, I always knew you two had something special. So if you have some friends that have always had a wonderful relationship, you can say this to them. I always knew you two had something special. Had special chemistry or a special spark together.

And number five, the last one that you can say to another couple is, love and cheer to one of our favorite couples. If that's coming from just you to one of my favorite couples. It's a big honor to be told that you're one of someone's favorite couples. 

Happy Anniversary Alternatives (To Your partner) With Examples

And finally, we have five more romantic ways to wish your partner a happy anniversary. The first one is lovely. 

Number one It is I love you more and more every year. My love just grows for you. I love you more and more every year. 

Number two is a very common one, but it's actually one that I find really annoying. And I'll explain why. It is thanks for putting up with me for another year. Now, why does this annoy me? Well, to put up with someone is to tolerate, or endure someone. So this is jokingly saying, thank you for tolerating me or thank you for enduring me for another year. I just don't think it's very nice, I don't think we should just tolerate each other, we should adore each other! I'm just joking. I know it's a joke. I just, yes, it's not something I'll be putting in my anniversary card to Will. 

Number three is here's to five years and 5 million memories. So you can replace the number as you wish. Here's to 10 years, but 10 million memories. That's really, really nice. 'Cause, it's not about how long you've been together, it's about the things you've done together, and the memories you've made. 

Number four, a really common phrase in anniversary cards, and messages to each other are, I can't believe it's been four years already. I can't believe it's been 20 years already. Time flies when you're having fun. Unless you're just putting up with someone. Sorry, I need to let that go.

Okay. The last one, number five is quite an interesting one. It is a happy ruby anniversary, a happy gold anniversary, a happy paper anniversary. What am I talking about? Well, for each year you're together, there is an anniversary name. And some people give gifts corresponding to this name. So your first anniversary is your paper anniversary.

So someone might write a love letter. The second is cotton, third is leather. And it goes all the way up to number 10, which is tin. Then you have 20, which is platinum, silver, which is 25th, ruby, which is the 40th, gold, which is 50th, and diamond, which is 60th. My grandparents made it to their 60th diamond anniversary. 

And if you make it to 60 years of marriage in the UK, then you can apply for the queen to write you a letter or card of congratulations. And they did receive that card. She will also write you a letter if you reach 100 years of age. So that's a really nice thing to look forward to. 

Right, that's it for today's lesson. I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you learned something. 

Source By English With Lucy